Skip to main content
HR 5529 98th Congress House Commerce Agriculture and Rural Affairs Animals and Animal Protection Biological research Drug safety and regulation Drugs Drugs and narcotics Environmental Protection Government regulation Patents Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights Pest control Pesticide regulation Pesticides Veterinary medicine

Agricultural Patent Reform Act of 1984

Introduced: April 26, 1984 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 26, 1984
Clean Bill H.R.6034 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.
Jul 26, 1984
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 27, 1984
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 6, 1984
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Apr 30, 1984
Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.
Apr 26, 1984
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Apr 26, 1984
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Agricultural Patent Reform Act of 1984 - Amends the patent laws to extend the terms of patents which emcompass specified products or methods for using a product, including methods of manufacturing which primarily use recombinant DNA technology, any of which are subject to certain nonpatent regulatory review periods. Sets forth the terms and conditions of such extension, including a five year limitation.

Directs the Commissioner of Patents to issue to the owner of record of a patent a certificate of extension stating the fact and length of the extension and identifying the product and the use and the claim to which such extension is applicable. Makes such certificate a part of the original patent.

Limits the application of such patent term extension to patents for: (1) any new animal drug or antibiotic subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; (2) any veterinary biological product subject to regulation under the virus, serum, toxin, and analogous products provisions of the Act of March 4, 1913; (3) any pesticide subject to regulation under the Federal Insectide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; and (4) any chemical substance or mixture subject to regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

What's happening now July 26, 1984

Clean Bill H.R.6034 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2